CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1757

                        55th Legislature

                      1997 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 13, 1997   Yeas 96   Nays 0 Speaker of the       House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 18, 1997   Yeas 47   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1757  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1757

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             Passed Legislature - 1997 Regular Session

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Delvin, Sterk, Zellinsky and Hickel)

Read first time 03/05/97.

Revising security guard licensing and requirements. 

    AN ACT Relating to security guard licenses; amending RCW 18.170.020; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 18.170.020 and 1991 c 334 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

    The requirements of this chapter do not apply to:

    (1) A person who is employed exclusively or regularly by one employer and performs the functions of a private security guard solely in connection with the affairs of that employer, if the employer is not a private security company;

    (2) A sworn peace officer while engaged in the performance of the officer's official duties; ((or))

    (3) A sworn peace officer while employed by any person to engage in off-duty employment as a private security guard, but only if the employment is approved by the chief law enforcement officer of the jurisdiction where the employment takes place and the sworn peace officer does not employ, contract with, or broker for profit other persons to assist him or her in performing the duties related to his or her private employer; or

(4) Guest services or crowd management employees who do not routinely perform the duties of a security officer.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.

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